Does anyone have info on, or experience with this remedy?

Scholten has a description in his "Homeopathy and the Elements". I don't have a copy (yet), nor have I used nat-caust, but if you're interested in lesser used mineral remedies, I feel Scholten's book is worth purchasing.

I have Homeopathy and the Elements, though I admit, I haven't ever even looked at it thus far. But here is a bit on the remedy, from the book:

Concepts:

Natrum
Impulsive relationships
Changing contracts
Vulnerable
Lack of perseverence
Withdrawn
Alone Lonely
Closed Silent

Causticum
Idealism Injustive
Indignant
Abuse
Victim
Corruption

Group Analysis
Abused due to impulsive behaviour.
Indignant about being left alone.
Hurt by corruption.
Being left alone because the always ask for attention.
A lonely victim.
A silent tramp.

Picture of Natrum Causticum
Essence: Abused due to their impulsive behaviour.

Abused because of their own impulsive behaviour
They have a strong tendency to make contact with others on a sudden impulse. It is their need to be appreciated that makes them do this, but they don't stop to think beforehand whether the other person is suitable, or whether he even wants this. This leads to situations where they get abused because of their own naive behaviour.

Indignant about being left alone
They are extremely sensitive to both rejection and lack of appreciation. Indignant at slightest hint of rejection. Want to feel appreciated even in the most everyday conversation and when the other person doesn't make a special effort to say how much he values them they immediately feel hurt. So they're bound to get disappointed many times - esp in the beginning of relationships when appreciation hasn't had a chance to develop yet. As soon as they feel rejected they give up on relationship altogether.

(*me speaking: There is more on the mental themes...but I skipped a lot and now list the Expressions, Generals and Complaints below)

Expressions
Fear: alone (3), loss of relations, death, future, people, insects, wasps, mosquitos, bees, large dogs (2).

Mood: sadness, gloomy, melancholic, pessimistic, thinking of the past.

Mental: nervous tension, tired, problems concentrating.

Sexual: < sex, feeling asexual.

Art: > music, soft, classical, piano.

Generals
Build: thin

Weather: warm, <heat, >outside, <moutains, <<sun, >shade, <>sea,

Perspiration: copious <<nylon and synthetic materials

Time: <11a.m., <winter

Desires: salt (3), starch, bread, fish, alcohol, sweet (3), chocolate, eggs, milk, chicken, tobacco.

Aversion: salt, fish, spices, sour, lemon.

Food: <fat, cheese, butter, pork, milks, starch, >alcohol.

Menses: impatient and depressed before menses.

Sleep: much (2), light, wakes up at slightest sound.

Physical: <exertion (2), >rest(2), <smoke, <lying of left side.

Complaints
Tiredness, low B.P.
Vertigo, blackness before eyes.
Headaches <sun.
Headache, pressing, above right eye, eyebrow feels pressed down, <working, talking, >rest.
Sinusitis, swelling of lymph glands.
Strabismus with left eye turned in. Right eye short sighted, left eye far sighted and lazy.
Nose blocked, epistaxis.
Throat dry, tickling, <talking. Loss of voice.
Coughs up white lumps.
Retolental fibroplasia. Blindess.
Hyperventilation.
Liver problmes, liver insufficiency, hepatogenic toxemia.
Kidney problems.
Burning of the feet.
Vitiligo.

END of Sholten

Hope this helps .

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Thanks, Lisa! It's good of you to type all that out. What do you think of Scholten's approach?

You're most welcome Felix.
In answer to your question...
Dunno - haven't studied his method really. I just have the book. (I bought all the books on my booklist for college but haven't read them all yet ). But it is just another method, I think, isn't it...and my gut instinct at this point says to make darn sure that one is sticking to the Principles if trying to apply a new approach to prescribing. Personally, I think it focuses a bit too heavily in the Mental dept, but I wouldn't dismiss it completely (i.e. never throw the baby out with the bath water!). Maybe try to find other MM info on Nat-Caust so you can have a variety of info to peruse ....good luck!
Lisa

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Hi Felix,

I have used Scholtons methods, and found them extremely useful. The guy's mind is brilliant.

I have made some excellent prescriptions with definite clinical results based on his "speculations" and extrapolations.

The important thing about his book is that it gives one a direction of thought, even though most of it does need to be substantiated clinically as well as proper provings done. But it at least provides a framework as well as an idea of interpreting what could be the possible pictures of very unknown remedies, especially salts and minerals.

I would imagine in time, most of his work will be substantiated with adequate Clinical information and that which is not too clear will be modified by him appropriately.

I agree with David, "Homoeopathy and the Elements" is worth purchacing as well as his earlier book, "Homoeopathy and Minerals". (I have both.)

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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Brilliant + book!! I tend to go to it when I can't find a remedy with any other means. I have tried some really unusual remedies like Osmium and Nitrogen, based on his mental pictures . They have not cured but have moved the case on to other remedies and improved the patient. David Kempton is the expert on Scholten.

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I've just got Homeopathy and the Minerals, I'm going to have to save up a bit for the Elements! I'd been flicking through our library's copy and found the huge number of new remedies really interesting. Does he neglect the animal and plant remedies as a result, though? Or is he doing a similar thing with plants, as I think someone mentioned here?

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Homeopathy and the Elements is about the elements of the periodic table. Scholten is doing more with plant families, etc. as well. He said in a recent interview he's not as inclined to be writing about animal remedies, feeling that Massimo Mangialavori is already doing some very good work there.